Legendary Yorkshire

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Frederick, 1816-1893

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Legendary Yorkshire" by Frederick Ross is a collection of folklore and legends written in the late 19th century. The book explores the rich tapestry of stories rooted in Yorkshire's history, featuring various mythical characters, historical figures, and local folklore, including tales of King Arthur and legendary monsters. The beginning of "Legendary Yorkshire" introduces the enchanting story of Peter Thompson, a humble potter who discovers an enchanted cave beneath Richmond Castle. Fleeing from the endless scolding of his termagant wife, Peter stumbles upon this hidden ravine, which leads him to the sleeping forms of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, preserved in a spell-bound slumber. The narrative conveys Peter's awe and fear as he intrudes upon the cave and nearly awakens the slumbering knights, making for an engaging start that blends humor, romance, and myth, setting the tone for the fantastical legends that follow throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The enchanted cave

The doomed city

The "worm" of Nunnington

The devil's arrows

The giant road-maker of Mulgrave

The virgin's head of Halifax

The dead arm of St. Oswald the king

The translation of St. Hilda

A miracle of St. John

The beatified Sisters of Beverley

The dragon of Wantley

The miracles and ghost of Watton

The murdered hermit of Eskdale

The Calverley ghost

The bewitched house of Wakefield.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Chris Whitehead, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 50.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2016-11-28